County:
Sargent
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Technical Sergeant
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:
9th AAF Bomber Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade:
7th Bomber Group
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:
10th Air Force
Listed on/in the:
Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945 and Korean Conflict 1950-1953, published 1968
Major Battle/Theatre:
Asiatic Pacific Theater
Circumstances:
Johnson was the flight engineer on B-24J #42-73183, serving with the 10th Air Force. They were part of a formation of B-24s on a bombing mission to Insein, Burma, near Rangoon. Fierce enemy opposition of anti-aircraft fire and fighter planes was encountered. Johnson's plane was shot down during the air battle.
Biography:
born Streeter, NDak 17 Sep 18; resident Stutsman County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Des Moines, Iowa 14 Apr 42; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; died in service 5 Apr 43 North Africa; buried in Lot 7, Section D Medina Cemetery, Medina, NDak,